A new meaning for the media box

Reporting on cricket, particularly the current test match series against the West Indies, can be a dull affair at times, and journos down the years have been known to create their own amusement.

But Dr Mumbo was more than a little surprised to read this line about the behaviour of an unnamed hack in Guardian sports reporter Russell Jackson’s opinion piece on the Chris Gayle affair yesterday:

“Last week in the Melbourne Cricket Ground press box I was staggered to note, on the third morning of the Test and for the entire day thereafter, an accredited member of the media sitting in front of me tapping away at his company laptop, but tabbing between his match report and a constant stream of hardcore pornography.